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Topic: Science (page 17)

A member of the medical staff (L) checking the body temperature of a patient who has displayed mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI director believes lab leak theory

Matthew Rozsa
Chain of amino acid or bio molecules called protein (Getty Images/Christoph Burgstedt)

The alphabet soup of ancient life

Troy Farah
Supermassive Black Hole (Getty Images/solarseven)

Astronomers eye a "runaway" black hole

Nicole Karlis
Day Octopus, Octopus cyanea, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. (Prisma Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The mystery of the octopus' brain

Troy Farah
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X7 location relative to the supermassive black hole (Anna Ciurlo/UCLA)

The cloud at the center of the galaxy

Nicole Karlis
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. (BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Why we can’t predict earthquakes yet

Harold Tobin - The Conversation
'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires at Russian positions in Kharkiv region on October 4, 2022. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways from the a year of war

Laura Jones - The Conversation
Back view of shirtless man (Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles)

The men who fear orgasms

Troy Farah
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Three dogs playing in a green field on a sunny afternoon (Getty Images/Stefan Cristian Cioata)

How to read a dog like a book

Matthew Rozsa
Black hole (Getty Images/Picture Umar)

Black holes don't just suck — they blow

Troy Farah
(Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Chatbots are having a Tulipmania moment

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith
Mushrooms And Mental Health (Getty Images/wildpixel)

How the brain makes its own toad venom

Troy Farah
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Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. (NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory)

Uranus mission won't happen till 2040s

Troy Farah
Drone footage shows the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 6, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released by the NTSB. (National Transportation Safety Board/WikiCommons)

The major public health disaster in Ohio

Troy Farah
Couple in bed holding hands passionately (Getty Images/Sadeugra)

Why did humans evolve orgasms?

Troy Farah
A pelican suspected to have died from H5N1 avian influenza is seen on a beach in Lima, on December 1, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Bird flu is spreading. Don't freak out

Troy Farah
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A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. The stream of gas stretching to the right is what remains of a star that was pulled apart by the black hole. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Visualizing star-munching black holes

Troy Farah
Deep-sea Fluorescent Illuminated Microorganisms (Getty Images/remotevfx)

Meet the life that lives without sun

Troy Farah
Smoke billows from Iskenderun Port fire as people walk past collapsed buildings on February 07, 2023 in Iskenderun, Turkey. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)

Why we can't predict earthquakes

Troy Farah
Futuristic human brain (Getty Images/imaginima)

Debunking common myths about the brain

Troy Farah
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Artist’s conception of a rocky Earth-mass exoplanet, called Kepler-1649c, orbiting a red dwarf star. (NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter)

The planet down the block is a lot

Nicole Karlis
Mars colony, concept (Getty Images/e71lena)

Humans may not be able to live on Mars

Troy Farah
Cute scene with sleeping small girl and two dachshunds (Getty Images/maodesign)

Sleep experts explain how to master naps

Troy Farah
Artist’s impression of Balaenognathus maeuseri (Artwork by Megan Jacobs)

Jurassic mix between flamingo and whale

Troy Farah
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